Bail denied for suspect in daytime car shooting
A 31-year-old man accused of a fatal shooting on Dunmore Avenue earlier this month was remanded to prison yesterday.
Man remanded to prison over near-fatal Lyford Hills ambush
A man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of a near-fatal shooting in the Lyford Hills community earlier this month.
Woman hospitalised after suspected suicide attempt
A 35-year-old woman was hospitalised on Monday after ingesting a large quantity of medication in what police are classifying as a suicide attempt.
Fifty-two new teachers commissioned as education officials tackle teacher shortages
FIFTY-TWO teacher graduates were commissioned during a special ceremony yesterday as education officials continue efforts to address longstanding teacher shortages across the public school system.
Student ID rollout progressing 'slowly'
NEARLY a year after announcing plans to introduce new student ID cards, education officials still have no clear timeline for the programme’s roll-out.
Fidelity/Central Gas Panthers dominate Battle of the Islands Volleyball Tournament in GB
THE Fidelity/Central Gas Panthers Volleyball Team returned from Grand Bahama where they continued their dominance of the Battle of the Islands Volleyball Tournament.
Devynne Charlton lowers her national record in 100 hurdles
FOR the second consecutive weekend, Devynne Charlton lowered her Bahamian national women’s 100m hurdles record, while Shaunae Miller-Uibo improved on her season’s best performance in the 200m.
GB Chamber seeks Gov’tand Port’s ‘collaboration’
The Grand Bahama business community is seeking greater transparency and consultation over reforms involving the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and other development projects, arguing that investor confidence will depend on “visible progress” and clear execution plans.
Fire devastates well-known gas station on Kemp Road
A FIRE tore through the Kemp Road Service Gas Station early Monday morning to leave one of the area’s most recognisable businesses heavily damaged, and residents and officials rallying around the family who have owned and operated it for decades.
Taxpayers forecast to pay $50m on controversial PPP
Bahamian taxpayers are scheduled to pay more than $50m for the Government’s Eight Mile Rock administrative complex, built by a contractor and developer linked to the general election day plane crash drug suspect, due to a 48.8 percent surge in costs and a near-$17m interest bill.
‘Security failures’ at Old Fort Bay allegedly allowed man to enter expat resident’s home
SECURITY failures at the upscale gated community Old Fort Bay allowed a man to enter the property of an expat resident early Friday morning, resulting in violent threats, extensive property damage and a police investigation, the resident at the centre of the incident has alleged.
Boy, 8, seriously injured in Bimini shooting incident
NATIONAL Security Minister Myles Laroda yesterday issued a strong appeal to licensed firearm owners to properly secure their weapons around children after an eight-year-old boy was seriously injured in a shooting incident in North Bimini on Saturday night.
The day Gardiner’s life - along with the plane on which he was a passenger - came crashing down
When Jonathan ‘Player’ Gardiner left Nassau on the now infamous election day charter flight early on the morning of May 12 – to do whatever it was he was tasked with doing that day - the last place on earth the big-time drug kingpin would have wanted to end up was in the United States of America.
Crash pilot: I am no DEA informant
THE pilot at the controls of the Election Day plane which crash-landed at sea carrying drug smuggling kingpin Jonathan Gardiner has categorically denied being an undercover informant for the United States Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Ex-ambassador’s 20-year ban over ‘misappropriation’
The Bahamas’ former ambassador to Bahrain has been banned from holding any meaningful post in this nation’s financial services industry for 20 years after confessing that he “misappropriated significant client funds”.
Foreigners at PMH have not shown any symptoms of Ebola
TWO foreign nationals being monitored at the Princess Margaret Hospital after recent travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo are in good health and have not shown any symptoms consistent with Ebola Virus, according to health officials.
Mother of murdered man calls for justice
THE grieving mother of a 21-year-old man shot dead while on his way to buy a cellphone said she needs answers about why the gunman targeted her “innocent” son, saying the attacker could have grabbed any of his belongings instead of taking his life.
FACING REALITY: Does domestic violence get the serious attention it needs?
A SOCIETY does not collapse all at once.
66-year-old mother’s partially decomposed body discovered in bushes off Coral Road
A FAMILY’s search for their missing 66-year-old mother ended in anguish on Sunday after her partially decomposed body was discovered in bushes off Coral Road, dashing any hope her relatives had of finding her alive.
